Seventeen Days

Studio album by

Released

February 8, 2005

Recorded

2004

Studio

Ocean Way (Nashville)

Genre

Alternative rock, post-grunge

Length

44:11

3 Doors Down chronology

Another 700 Miles
(2003)

Seventeen Days
(2005)

Acoustic EP
(2005)

Singles from Seventeen Days

"Let Me Go"
Released: November 22, 2004^[1]
"Behind Those Eyes"
Released: April 4, 2005^[2]
"Landing in London"
Released: June 8, 2005^[3]
"Here by Me"
Released: July 25, 2005^[4]
"Live for Today"
Released: August 1, 2005^[5]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[6]
Entertainment Weekly	C+^[7]
Rolling Stone	^[8]

Seventeen Days is the third studio album by American rock band 3 Doors Down. It was released on February 8, 2005, five years to the day that the band released their debut album The Better Life. It topped the chart on the Billboard 200 soon after it was released. Bob Seger sings a duet with lead singer Brad Arnold on the song "Landing in London".

Track listing

All tracks are written by Brad Arnold, Matt Roberts, Todd Harrell and Chris Henderson

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Right Where I Belong"	2:32
2.	"It's Not Me"	3:14
3.	"Let Me Go"	3:52
4.	"Be Somebody"	3:15
5.	"Landing in London (feat. Bob Seger and string arrangements by David Campbell)"	4:31
6.	"The Real Life"	3:52
7.	"Behind Those Eyes"	4:19
8.	"Never Will I Break"	3:50
9.	"Father's Son"	4:12
10.	"Live for Today"	3:47
11.	"My World"	3:00
12.	"Here by Me"	3:47
Total length:		44:11

US iTunes Store edition bonus track^[9]
No.	Title	Length
13.	"Be Somebody" (acoustic)	3:11

International digital edition bonus tracks^[10]
No.	Title	Length
13.	"Here Without You" (acoustic)	3:51
14.	"Away from the Sun" (acoustic)	3:44

UK digital edition bonus track^[11]
No.	Title	Length
15.	"Let Me Go" (acoustic)	3:49

US DualDisc edition bonus tracks
No.	Title	Length
13.	"Let Me Go" (acoustic)	3:49
14.	"Be Somebody" (acoustic)	3:11
15.	"Landing in London" (acoustic)	4:47
16.	"My World" (acoustic)	2:59

Additional notes

The album was delayed shortly in 2004 because 3 Doors Down was busy touring around with their previous album Away from the Sun.
The live version of "It's Not Me" was featured on the Another 700 Miles EP.
Many people believe the album was written by the band in seventeen days, hence the name of the album, but this is not true. The name was created because the band only had 17 days off from the end of their Away from the Sun tour and being back in the studio to work on their new album.^[12]
Seventeen Days was certified platinum just a month after its release.
"Behind Those Eyes" was used as one of two theme songs for the World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) event WrestleMania 21 in 2005.
This is the only 3 Doors Down studio album to feature drummer Daniel Adair, who left the group to join Nickelback in 2005.

Personnel

3 Doors Down

Brad Arnold – lead vocals
Matt Roberts – lead guitar, backing vocals
Chris Henderson – rhythm guitar, backing vocals
Todd Harrell – bass
Daniel Adair – drums, backing vocals

Additional musicians

Bob Seger – vocals on "Landing in London"
Bekka Bramlett, Crystal Taliefero, Janet Kenyon, Amy Owsley and Kelley Norris – background vocals on "Father's Son"
Nick Hoffman – banjo and violin on "Father's Son"
Kristin Wilkinson, Anthony La Marchina, Mary Kathryn Van Osdale, David B. Angell (The Love Sponge String Quartet) – strings on "Here by Me" and "Landing in London"
Kirk Kelsey and Kristin Wilkinson – string arrangements on "Here by Me" and "Landing in London"

Production

Johnny K – producer, engineering
Kirk Kelsey and Tadpole – additional engineering, digital editing
Leslie Richter and Todd Schall – assistant engineering
Andy Wallace – mixing at Emerald Studios, Nashville, TN
John O'Mahony – Pro-Tools (assisted by Allen Ditto)
Howie Weinberg – mastering at MasterDisk Studios, New York, NY
Sandy Brummels – art direction
Karen Walker – design
Dean Karr – photography

Charts

Weekly charts[edit]

Weekly chart performance for *Seventeen Days*
Chart (2005-2006)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)^[13]	54
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)^[14]	12
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)^[15]	56
Canadian Albums (Billboard)^[16]	6
Danish Albums (Hitlisten)^[17]	14
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)^[18]	26
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)^[19]	17
French Albums (SNEP)^[20]	198
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)^[21]	6
Portuguese Albums (AFP)^[22]	27
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)^[23]	11
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)^[24]	15
US Billboard 200^[25]	1

Year-end charts[edit]

Year-end chart performance for *Seventeen Days*
Chart (2005)	Position
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)^[26]	72
US Billboard 200^[27]	44

Certifications


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)^[28]	Gold	50,000^{^}
Germany (BVMI)^[29]	Gold	100,000^‡
United States (RIAA)^[30]	Platinum	1,000,000^{^}
^{^} Shipments figures based on certification alone. ^‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References

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^ "Going for Adds". Radio & Records. No. 1600. April 1, 2005. p. 19.
^ "3 Doors Down feat. Bob Seger – Landing in London". [[[MegaCharts]]. Retrieved March 5, 2022.
^ "Going for Adds". Radio & Records. No. 1616. July 22, 2005. p. 21.
^ "Going for Adds". Radio & Records. No. 1617. July 29, 2005. p. 21.
^ Allmusic review
^ "Entertainment Weekly review". Archived from the original on 2014-05-12. Retrieved 2007-07-24.
^ "Rolling Stone review". Archived from the original on October 13, 2007. Retrieved 2016-10-09.((cite web)): CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
^ https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/seventeen-days-bonus-track-version/id1440784079
^ https://music.amazon.de/albums/B001SPNQNO
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^ [1] 3 doors down bio
^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 279.
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v t e 3 Doors Down
Brad Arnold Chris Henderson Greg Upchurch Chet Roberts Justin Biltonen Matt Roberts Todd Harrell Richard Liles Daniel Adair
Studio albums	The Better Life Away from the Sun Seventeen Days 3 Doors Down Time of My Life Us and the Night
Compilations	The Greatest Hits
Extended plays	Another 700 Miles Acoustic EP Where My Christmas Lives
Singles	"Kryptonite" "Loser" "Duck and Run" "Be Like That" "When I'm Gone" "The Road I'm On" "Here Without You" "Away from the Sun" "Let Me Go" "Behind Those Eyes" "Landing in London" "Citizen/Soldier" "It's Not My Time" "Train" "Let Me Be Myself" "When You're Young"
Tours	Bigger Than Life Tour
Discography